The purpose of this research is to examine ethics, practice and research in public health and specifically to add insight and offer solution to the problems faced when performing an evaluation in regards to public health. To this end, two articles will be reviewed.
             I. THE ETHICS AND POLITICS OF EVALUATION (THOMPSON, 1992)
             Andrew Thompson, in the work entitled "The Ethics and Politics of Evaluation" writes that evaluation "can be regarded as a distinct branch of social science research and, as such, presents evaluators with specific ethical problems not encountered by other researchers." (1992) Andrew relates that ethical issues gain the notice of all researchers during the course of study and as explained by Sungalia (1987, p.287) "I had come to evaluate the work of an educational planning unit. That was my purpose. But what transpired as the real purpose of my study? I learned in time that I ...had come to assist in market a product: to bottle up the dreams, hopes frustrations and expectations of the members of a planning unit and label that nearly – 'of Value: Not to be Disbanded'. (Thompson, 19992) This quotation is stated of Andrew to epitomize that which is addressed in his work as the "hapless and somewhat naive evaluator, one who moves form educational research into the field of evaluation, can very quickly become embroiled in the politics of evaluation." (Thompson, 1992) Thompson explains the process by which he designed evaluation and built upon the statement of Simons (1984, p.88) who states: "Confidentiality is necessary to protect individuals from inappropriate use of information which is private to them. Rules of access and consultation give individuals opportunities to decide what to share, to reflect on what they have shared, to edit or comment upon their information in context, to control, in other words, the use of their own information." (Thompson, ...